Judging by Beruit, I’d say he would pull out all US personnel and troops and then just ignore it.
Reagan was responsible for essentially ‘giving’ Lebanon to Syria and leaving Israel to deal with the mess.
Plan A.
That’s a fair cop.
That’s a fair cop.
That’s a fair cop.
An oversimplification, but good enough for debate nonetheless. Do not forget that Reagan was of a (l)ibertarian mindset. To assign or suggest the outcome of foreign lands' governance is a success or failure of an American president assumes a neo-conservative world view.
I'm not so sure he "left" them to Israel either. Had he really "done" that...you might not be able to travel several of those places without a geiger counter.
“Reagan was responsible for essentially ‘giving’ Lebanon to Syria and leaving Israel to deal with the mess.”
You cannot protect yourself without a loaded weapon. Beirut was totally preventable. A Marine with a loaded weapon would have taken the bombers out before they reached the embassy.
While it doesn’t absolve Reagan from pulling out, it does absolve him from continuing to keep unarmed marines in harms way.